AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoData Center Pollution: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer McClellan are investigating EPA guidance that exempts data-center power plants from Acid Rain Program rules. Communities are also pushing back over data centers’ pollution, water use and higher power costs. Climate and Resilience: Scientists warn climate change is accelerating faster than society can respond, while a new report says NOAA grant cuts threaten U.S. climate resilience. Land and Wildlife: More than a million comments were submitted opposing repeal of the Roadless Rule. In New England, endangered species may lose legal protection from incidental killing. Rural Energy: A USDA rule could make renewable-energy grants harder for small farms and rural businesses to secure by requiring projects to be built and run for a year before applying. Oceans and Wildlife: A new turbine design may help protect migrating American eels from deadly hydropower blades; meanwhile, Ocean Visions launched a public platform to support research and policy on marine carbon removal.
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